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Chapter 9 - Placental Histopathology Findings in Fetal Growth Restriction

from Section 2 - Maternal Cardiovascular Characteristics and the Placenta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

Christoph Lees ,
Gerard H. A. Visser  and
Kurt Hecher
By
Neil Sebire  and
William Mifsud
Christoph Lees
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Gerard H. A. Visser
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kurt Hecher
Affiliation:
University Medical Centre, Hamburg
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Placental-Fetal Growth Restriction , pp. 74 - 84
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